Earth and climate
Extreme heat in Europe 2026: record heatwaves, drought and deaths
Le estati europee stanno subendo una profonda trasformazione, con eventi meteorologici di extreme heat che si manifestano con frequenza e intensità crescenti.
Section
Earth and climate
Climate and land are described with numbers, and a large share of those numbers comes from orbit: sea temperature, ice thickness, soil moisture, atmospheric gases, ground movements of a few millimetres a year.
This section covers the news that comes out of those measurements: what was detected, with which instrument, over what period, and what can be concluded. It is the part of space that reaches everyday life, from the weather forecast to running an emergency.
All articles
Earth and climate
Satellite data: reading wildfires, water and air with AI
Satellites say where to look, ground sensors give continuous readings, research flights sample at altitude and algorithms sort the flood of images.
Earth and climate
Wildfires: how Copernicus and ESA guide the response on the ground
Prolonged heatwaves and dry soil made the summer of 2026 unusually flammable. How satellite observations turn into evacuation routes and health warnings.
Official sources
Portals and services worth bookmarking when you want to check a figure, follow a mission or keep reading at the source.
- Copernicus Browser Copernicus
Imagery from the European satellites over any point on the planet, browsable by date: open and free.
- Worldview NASA
The whole planet day by day, with over a thousand data layers you can stack: fires, smoke, ice, cloud.